Department of Neurology

We offer comprehensive and advanced treatment and care for patients with stroke, autoimmune encephalopathies, epilepsy, headache, multiple sclerosis, neuromuscular disorders, dementia disorders, movement disorders and other neurodegenerative disorders, as well as critical care neurology, endovascular procedures, neurointensive care, advanced neuroimaging, immunotherapy, and multidisciplinary rehabilitation in collaboration with other departments.

About us

The Department of Neurology evaluates and treats patients from the Copenhagen Area, and from other parts of Denmark as well as the Faeroe Islands and Greenland.

The department receives patients with rare neurological diseases from all of Denmark and often admits patients from other hospitals in Denmark for a second opinion.

The Department of Neurology consists of several units including multiple sclerosis, headache disorders, neuromuscular diseases, memory disorders, stroke and epilepsia including evaluation and treatment of patients candidating for surgery.

Our approach

Our aims are:

To provide the best evidence-based treatment to patients with neurological disorders
To ensure that patients requiring highly specialised neurological treatment choose the Department of Neurology at Rigshospitalet
To stimulate and conduct research activities
To have the best education for all students and staff members
To ensure that all employees are proud to be employed at the department

Organisation

The department is led by the department management, the head of department and head nurse, in close collaboration with the general management group of sub specialities. Specialists and specialist councils and committees are involved in the decision-making.

In order to incorporate specialist knowledge and experience in the organisation and management as well as possible, the department has developed a management structure with team formation and team management with specialist managers. A team management exists for each ward and outpatient department, comprising a lead nurse and a consultant.

Management

Line Lunde Larsen

Head of Department of Neurology
Tel: +45 38 63 30 67 / + 45 35 45 20 87
E-mail: line.sofie.lunde.larsen@regionh.dk

Mette Egelund

MPA, Head Nurse
Tel:+45 3534 2746
E-mail: mette.egelund@regionh.dk

Research

Acute and intensive care neurology research group
The research group investigates the cerebral mechanisms that lead to acute impairment of consciousness and cognition, and what it takes to reverse these mechanisms.
Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center
Main areas of research in the Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center involve muscle diseases, myasthenia gravis and neuropathies.
Danish Headache Center Research Group
The Danish Headache Center has an extensive research programme within mechanisms and treatment of migraine, cluster headache, tension-type headache, and trigeminal neuralgia.
Neurobiology Research Unit
The Neurobiology Research Unit conducts translational neuroscience research with the aim to promote preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic advances.
The Stroke Research Group
The stroke research group at the Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, undertakes clinical research on the entire stroke spectrum from epidemiology, prevention, acute treatment, mechanisms, diagnostic examinations, neurorehabilitation and organization.
The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Registry
The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Registry collects data on all Danish residents diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and provides new knowledge about multiple sclerosis by research and information.
Danish Dementia Research Centre
Linked to the Copenhagen Memory Clinic, The Danish Dementia Research Centre (DDRC) conducts clinical and translational research in dementia and neurogenetic cognitive disorders and houses a nationwide education and info-centre.
The Epilepsy Research Group
The Epilepsy Research Group studies epilepsy from the first seizure to the development of drug-resistance and epilepsy surgery evaluation.
Danish Centre for Psychedelic Research
The DCPR is a multidisciplinary research group that aims to better understand the brain mechanisms through which psychedelics evoke perceptual, behavioral and clinical effects. We are based at the Neurobiology Research Unit at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, including affiliated researchers across Denmark and internationally.